/*
 * Copyright 2014 Baidu, Inc.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
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 *
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package com.baidubce.auth;

/**
 * Provides access to the BCE credentials used for accessing BCE services: BCE access key ID and secret access key.
 * These credentials are used to securely sign requests to BCE services.
 *
 * <p>
 * A basic implementation of this interface is provided in {@link com.baidubce.auth.DefaultBceCredentials}, but callers
 * are free to provide their own implementation, for example, to load BCE credentials from an encrypted file.
 */
public interface BceCredentials {

    /**
     * Returns the BCE access key ID for this credentials object.
     *
     * @return the BCE access key ID for this credentials object.
     */
    public String getAccessKeyId();

    /**
     * Returns the BCE secret access key for this credentials object.
     *
     * @return the BCE secret access key for this credentials object.
     */
    public String getSecretKey();

}
